Schopenhauer enlistsl another animal, the porcupine to explain human…
Page 86 Schopenhauer enlistsl another animal, the porcupine to explain human relations. Imagine a group of porcupines huddled on a cold winters day. They stand close to one another, absorbing their neighbors, body heat, less they freeze to death. Should they stand to close though they’re prickled by a needle. They approach and retreat again, and again, until they discover the proper distance from which they could best tolerate one another.
— from The Landing (Death) · Socrates Express, In Search of Life Lessons from Dead Philosophers By Eric Weiner